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Grand Rapids Planning Department

This is an aerial of southern portion of Riverside Park from circa 1950s. Monroe Street can be seen to the right of the park.

This aerial view of Garfield Park shows the three pools, lodge/community house, baseball diamond, and tennis courts.

This photograph shows the wading pool in the south end of Garfield Park. The pool was built in 1910.

This is a photograph of the playground in Garfield Park located in the south central portion of the park.

This is a photograph of the Garfield Park lodge being renovated. The two men working are unidentified.

This is a photograph of the memorial in Garfield Park that commemorates Charles and Jessie Garfield who, along with Julia L. Fletcher, donated the land for Garfield Park. The marker also denotes the graves of Charles and Jessie Garfield
which lay…

This photograph is of the swimming pool at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The pool was originally constructed in 1918 when the park was referred to as the Franklin Street Park.

This is a photograph showing a view of the tennis courts at Franklin Street Park, later named Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

The construction of an underground water reservoir at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, previously named Franklin Street Park. After this was completed in 1938, 14 tennis courts were installed on the leveled area above it.